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Microsoft has reminded Windows customers today that they'll finally retire the Internet Explorer 11 web browser from some Windows 10 versions in June and replace it with the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge. After Internet Explorer is retired, Microsoft will still support legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications within Microsoft Edge via the built-in Internet Explorer mode feature.
China's internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, has taken unusually strong action against a social network that has long been considered a thorn in the side of the nation's elites. In the years since its 2005 founding, the site has become known for attracting users who express opinions that China's government may well find displeasing.
Lumen Technologies, the internet backbone provider formerly known as CenturyLink, has quit Russia. Other tech firms that have quit Russia have also cited opposition to the invasion as a prime reason for withdrawing services, sales, and other operations.
Get ready for security in the age of the Extended Internet of Things, says Claroty. Operational technology company Claroty makes a big claim about the future of OT and industrial control systems security: Based on data collected over the past few years, the distinction between OT/ICS and the rest of enterprise tech is beginning to fade in earnest, and new security headaches have appeared in their place.
Gemma Brett, a 27-year-old designer from west London, had only been working at Madbird for two weeks when she spotted something strange. The result looked nothing like the videos on Madbird's website of a sleek workspace buzzing with creative-types.
A French dad faces jail time and a hefty fine after using a signal jammer to prevent his kids from going online and taking the rest of a nearby town down with them. After a mobile carrier reported the issue to the Agence nationale des fréquences, a public agency responsible for managing the radioelectric spectrum in France, it was determined that a signal jammer was being used to block radio frequencies in the town.
The government of Cambodia has delayed implementation of its National Internet Gateway, because it is yet to acquire the equipment needed to operate the service. The Gateway was announced in February 2021 and quickly attracted criticism on the basis its enabling legislation gives the regime - which has banned opposition parties from contesting elections - the power to force all internet traffic to or from the country, and within its borders, to pass through the Gateway.
Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has issued a clarification about the role of the "National Internet Gateway" that will commence operations tomorrow, stating that descriptions of it as an instrument of pervasive surveillance are "Unfounded." A Ministry spokesperson insists the Gateway is actually an instrument to "Strengthen national security and tax collection as well as to maintain social order and protect national culture."
Why is a web filtering important and what are the main features necessary for MSPs? Managed service providers have been struggling with finding the right web filtering solutions. Web filtering is necessary for businesses because it prevents the staff from accessing malicious and harmful content while using the corporate network or while working from home, besides offering other advantages like monitoring their performance and keeping it to the maximum to ensure productivity.
Cambodia's National Internet Gateway comes online this Wednesday, exposing all traffic within the country to pervasive government surveillance. As The Register reported when the Gateway was announced in January 2021, Cambodia's regime will require all internet service providers and carriers to route their traffic through the Gateway.